2008 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
# 2008 FIBA Asia Champions Cup

The FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2008 was the 19th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament was held in Kuwait City, Kuwait between May 8, 2008 and May 19. The tournament was scheduled to end on May 16 but the schedule changed due to the death of the former Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah. The committee decided to call off the play-off matches to decide the 5–10 positions.

## Preliminary round

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Al-Riyadi Beirut | 4 | 4 | 0 | 339 | 246 | +93 | 8 |
| Al-Rayyan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 350 | 289 | +61 | 7 |
| BC Almaty | 4 | 2 | 2 | 267 | 298 | −31 | 6 |
| Zain | 4 | 1 | 3 | 316 | 297 | +19 | 5 |
| Muba Hang Tuah | 4 | 0 | 4 | 200 | 342 | −142 | 4 |

* May 8 17:00

| Al-Rayyan | 92–48 | Hang Tuah |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–15, 27–18, 23–4, 15–11 |||

* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* May 8 21:00

| Al-Riyadi | 100–52 | BC Almaty |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–7, 31–14, 27–7, 21–24 |||

* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* May 9 15:00

| Zain | 85–90 (OT) | Al-Rayyan |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 22–18, 9–22, 26–20, Overtime: 10–15 |||

* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* May 9 17:00

| Hang Tuah | 44–79 | Al-Riyadi |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 6–26, 6–18, 9–14, 23–21 |||

* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* May 10 15:00

| BC Almaty | 71–49 | Hang Tuah |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–14, 5–9, 24–6, 17–20 |||

* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* May 10 17:00

| Al-Riyadi | 72–71 | Zain |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 26–19, 19–15, 10–20 |||

* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* May 11 15:00

| Al-Rayyan | 79–88 | Al-Riyadi |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 17–29, 23–16, 19–23 |||

* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* May 11 17:00

| Zain | 60–76 | BC Almaty |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 11–16, 13–16, 21–20 |||

* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* May 12 15:00

| Hang Tuah | 59–100 | Zain |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 10–30, 10–26, 26–27 |||

* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* May 12 17:00

| BC Almaty | 68–89 | Al-Rayyan |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–32, 17–16, 14–23, 22–18 |||

* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Al-Wasl | 4 | 4 | 0 | 417 | 352 | +65 | 8 |
| Saba Battery Tehran | 4 | 3 | 1 | 424 | 320 | +104 | 7 |
| Al-Muharraq | 4 | 2 | 2 | 348 | 335 | +13 | 6 |
| Al-Qadsia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 327 | 293 | +34 | 5 |
| ONGC Dehradun | 4 | 0 | 4 | 241 | 457 | −216 | 4 |

* May 8 15:00

| ONGC | 58–109 | Al-Muharraq |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–29, 13–28, 14–29, 23–23 |||

* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* May 8 19:00

| Saba Battery | 92–60 | Al-Qadsia |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–6, 24–22, 29–19, 17–13 |||

* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* May 9 19:00

| Al-Qadsia | 116–35 | ONGC |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–6, 23–10, 41–10, 24–9 |||

* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* May 9 21:00

| Al-Wasl | 116–110 (2OT) | Saba Battery |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–19, 22–15, 24–23, 22–38, Overtime: 11–11, 10–4 |||

* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* May 10 19:00

| ONGC | 72–102 | Al-Wasl |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 20–22, 24–30, 12–23 |||

* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* May 10 21:00

| Al-Muharraq | 83–69 | Al-Qadsia |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 16–15, 21–15, 27–17 |||

* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* May 11 19:00

| Saba Battery | 130–76 | ONGC |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 35–10, 28–28, 29–28, 38–10 |||

* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* May 11 21:00

| Al-Wasl | 116–88 | Al-Muharraq |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 31–18, 25–26, 33–16, 27–28 |||

* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* May 12 19:00

| Al-Qadsia | 82–83 (OT) | Al-Wasl |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–29, 16–17, 14–17, 24–13, Overtime: 6–7 |||

* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* May 12 21:00

| Al-Muharraq | 68–92 | Saba Battery |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–33, 11–25, 14–21, 26–13 |||

* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

## Knockout round

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| May 16 – Kuwait City | May 16 – Kuwait City | | | |
| Al-Qadsia | 80 | | | |
| Al-Qadsia | 80 | May 18 – Kuwait City | May 18 – Kuwait City | | |
| Al-Riyadi | 91 | May 18 – Kuwait City | May 18 – Kuwait City | |
| Al-Riyadi | 91 | Al-Riyadi | 68 | |
| May 16 – Kuwait City | May 16 – Kuwait City | | Al-Riyadi | 68 | |
| May 16 – Kuwait City | May 16 – Kuwait City | Saba Battery | 70 | |
| BC Almaty | 77 | Saba Battery | 70 | |
| BC Almaty | 77 | | | | May 19 – Kuwait City | May 19 – Kuwait City |
| Saba Battery | 88 | | | | May 19 – Kuwait City | May 19 – Kuwait City |
| Saba Battery | 88 | | | | Saba Battery | 82 |
| May 16 – Kuwait City | May 16 – Kuwait City | | | | | Saba Battery | 82 |
| May 16 – Kuwait City | May 16 – Kuwait City | | | | Al-Rayyan | 75 |
| Al-Muharraq | 78 | | | | Al-Rayyan | 75 |
| Al-Muharraq | 78 | May 18 – Kuwait City | May 18 – Kuwait City | | | |
| Al-Rayyan | 95 | May 18 – Kuwait City | May 18 – Kuwait City | | | |
| Al-Rayyan | 95 | Al-Rayyan | 81 | | | |
| May 16 – Kuwait City | May 16 – Kuwait City | | Al-Rayyan | 81 | | | |
| May 16 – Kuwait City | May 16 – Kuwait City | Al-Wasl | 57 | | Third place | Third place |
| Zain | 75 | Al-Wasl | 57 | | Third place | Third place |
| Zain | 75 | | | | May 19 – Kuwait City | May 19 – Kuwait City |
| Al-Wasl | 84 | | | | May 19 – Kuwait City | May 19 – Kuwait City |
| Al-Wasl | 84 | | | | Al-Riyadi | 82 |
| | | | | | Al-Wasl | 87 |

### Quarterfinals

* May 16 14:00

| Al-Muharraq | 78–95 | Al-Rayyan |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 12–20, 22–26, 27–26 |||

* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* May 16 16:00

| Zain | 75–84 | Al-Wasl |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 20–18, 16–24, 17–25 |||

* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* May 16 18:00

| Al-Qadsia | 80–91 | Al-Riyadi |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 19–20, 16–24, 26–25 |||

* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* May 16 20:00

| BC Almaty | 77–88 | Saba Battery |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–25, 21–14, 25–27, 17–22 |||

* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

### Semifinals

* May 18 19:00
* Semis

| Al-Riyadi | 68–70 | Saba Battery |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 14–20, 15–9, 14–19 |||

* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* May 18 21:00
* Semis

| Al-Rayyan | 81–57 | Al-Wasl |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 29–9, 19–9, 15–23 |||

* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

### Finals

* May 19 19:00
* Bronze

| Al-Riyadi | 82–87 | Al-Wasl |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 29–20, 15–21, 19–24, 19–22 |||

* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* May 19 21:00
* Gold

| Saba Battery | 82–75 | Al-Rayyan |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 13–24, 32–14, 21–22 |||
| Pts: Tate 30 | | Pts: Chatfield 29 |

* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| - | - | - |
| | Saba Battery Tehran | 6–1 |
| | Al-Rayyan | 5–2 |
| | Al-Wasl | 6–1 |
| 4th | Al-Riyadi Beirut | 5–2 |
| Failed to Reach Semifinals |||
| | Al-Muharraq | 2–3 |
| | BC Almaty | 2–3 |
| | Al-Qadsia | 1–4 |
| | Zain | 1–4 |
| Failed to Reach Quarterfinals |||
| | Muba Hang Tuah | 0–4 |
| | ONGC Dehradun | 0–4 |

## Awards

* Most Valuable Player: Gabe Muoneke (Saba Battery Tehran)
